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THE MORGAN S o 2
VOL. IV. NO. 31.
Soldiers Patrol Streets of the riclntosh Town
to Preserve Order.
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED IN DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY
Hundreds of Armed Negroes Massed In a Swamp and
Ready For An Attack.
The fii'Bt blood of the Darien, Ga.,
riot lvas spilled Thursday night, when
Joseph Townsend, one of McIntosh’s
best and most influential citizens lost
his life from the effect of a shot from a
gun in the hands of a brother of tho
negro Delagel.
Mr. Jos. Townsend and Mr. Octavius
Hopkius went out near Eulonia to the
home of Henry Delagel,the negro non-
in jail at Savannah, to arrest liis two
sons. Both of these negroes had taken
an active part in tho Darien riot. Mr.
Townsend remained outside the house
while Mr. Hopkins went in. Tho lat¬
ter found John Delagel and told him
he had come to arrest him and he had
best give up. The negro seemed in¬
clined to do this for a moment, but
changed liis mind when he saw Mr.
Townsend outside in the moonlight.
A gun war. handed him by a women
and he immediately opened fire ou the
two officers. Mr. Hopkins was struck
in the shoulder aud Mr. Townsend in
the abdomen. Mr. Hopkins, though
painfully wounded, was not complete¬
ly disabled, so bo took Mr. Townsend
iu the buggy aud hurried away for
medical aid.
Mr. Townsend expired in Mr. Hop-
kin’s arms before they reached any
p'ace where they could find a bod.
Negroes Mass In Swamp*
The negroes have practically de¬
serted Darien proper and taken to the
swamp. They are now massed about
twelve miles from Darien and have
thrown out pickets to guard against
the whites. Word has been sent to
Darien that the negroes will not sub¬
mit to arrest.
Several white families were sent
away from Darien Friday to allow the
men time to fight. A detachment of
soldiers were dispatched to tho Ridge,
Darien’s swell suburb, to guard the
residences there. Soldiers patroled
the streets in Darien.
Kiolers Il<>mov«d to Savannah.
The towboat “Iris” left Darien Fri¬
day morning for Savannah with the
riot prisoners on board. It was
thought best to take them there for
safe keeping in order to avoid any
possible attempt to escape and for the
further reason that the jail in Darien
was getting uncomfortably full.
While passing through a negro set¬
tlement en route five miles from Darien
1SERTIUU0X CREATED MERRIMENT.
The Noted Handwriting* Kxpert a Witness
In the Dreyfus Case.
At Friday’s session of the Dreyfus
courtmartial M. Bertillon, the noted
handwriting expert, who was at the
head of the antliroopometric depart¬
ment of the prefecture of police of
Paris, was called as a wituess.
When Bertillon had concluded the
first installment of his so-called dem¬
onstration of the guilt of Captain
Dreyfus, a prominent Dreyfnsard re¬
ferred to him as “the fin de siecle
Cagliostro.”
A remarkable feature of M. Bertil-
lou’s deposition was tlie heat and ex¬
citement he put into what was expect¬
ed to be a calm, dispassionate exposi¬
tion of his theories. Ho thundered,
shouted nnd waved his arms, as though
engaged in some terrible dispute.
The Dreyfusards refuse to regard
him as anything but a quack.
COMBINE OF GEORGIA MINES.
Southern Iron Consolidation Is IJeingFer-
fecte<l in Now York.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
A now southern iron combination is
being formed in Netv York by a con¬
solidation of the Cherokee Iron com¬
pany and the Western Mining com¬
pany, the former operating iu Chero¬
kee county, Alabama, and the latter at
Cedartown, Ga. The concern will be
known as the Georgia and Alabame
Iron company, and will be capitalized
at $1,300,000.
COTTON FIRMS COMBINE.
lourteen .’Mills Acquired By the Coniinont-
ul Trust Company of Haiti more.
A Baltimore special says: The cot¬
ton consolidation, which is one of tho
most important industrial combina¬
tions of the south, has been completed
and the fourteen mills acquired are
now in the hands of the Continental
Trust Company of Baltimore, the syn¬
dicate manager awaiting their transfer
to the Mt. Vernon-Woodbury Cotton
Duck Company, which has been in¬
corporated'under the laws of the state
of Delaware, the permanent organiza-
Lon of which will be completed within
the next few days when tho properties
will be token over by that company.
ADMIRAL "watson ill.
Affected With Serlons Heart Trouble and
His Friends Are Apprehensive.
Decent letters from Manila received
Qt the navy department mention the
illness of Admiral Watson as the
source of great anxiety of his officers.
®>u< ^erious in consequence heart trouble he has developed regarded
extremely was
as ill up to the date of the
etters of the 17th. No one but liis
au n^u business lCl * aii allowed of the fleet access to him and
is forbidden.
the Darien and Western train was
fired upon. This is the second time
the train has been fired on, but fortu¬
nately no one has yet been hurt.
Judge Seabrook has been generally
commended for his promptness on
calling a special term of court. Solic¬
itor ICeuau has also beou quite active
in getting the special tevm and other¬
wise assisting the citizens.
Colonel Lawton in Command.
Governor Gandler was busy all day
Friday receiving and sending tele¬
grams in regard to the rioters at Da¬
rien, where the situation has assumed
a much graver aspect than was at first
thought.
Governor Candler was determined
at all hazards to prevent the rioters
from doing any further damage and
used every precaution toward that
end.
During the day he offered a reward
of $400 for the capture of tlie negro
John Delegal, who murdered Deputy
Sheriff Joseph Townsend Thursday
night.
Early in the morning Governor Can¬
dler received a telegram from Sheriff
T. B. Blount, of Darien, as follows:
Fleaso order Liberty Independent troop
to report to me, mounted, at once. Situa¬
tion critical. Ono deputy killed; another
wounded. T. B. Blount, Sheriff.
Following close on the heels of this
message came a dispatch from Colonel
Lawton asking that carbines and am¬
munition be shipped. The guns were
sent by the Southern Express and the
ammunition, 1,000 rounds, was sent
later by a special messenger.
Colonel Lawton has been vested
with plenary power to act in any way
he may see fit and is in full command
of the situation.
All this is the outcome of the riot¬
ous situation that has prevailed iu Da¬
rien for several days following tho ar¬
rest of one Henry Delegal for alleged
assault on a white woman. Tho ne¬
groes erroneously conceived the idea
that Delegal was to bo lynched and
dropped everything to go to his sup¬
posed rescue when the sheriff started
to remove him to Savannah for safe¬
keeping.
They surrounded the jail and two
hundred military came from Savannah
to quell them. Tho day following,
arrests of rioters began ancl forty were
jailed.
FORECAST OF CARTER VERDICT.
It Is Stated la Washington That The
Captain Will Go Free.
It is stated in Washington, on what
is regarded authentic information,that
an agreement has been reached where¬
by Captain Oberlin Carter is not to be
punished for his gigantic government
steal, according to tho verdict of the
courtmartial, but is merely to be dis¬
missed from the army and a nominal
fine imposed. Tli9 fine will not be
over $10,000. It will be remembered
that Carter stole, according to the evi¬
dence on which he was convicted, not
less than $1,500,000.
He will not be advertised in the
papers of his town as ordered in
tlie verdict.
The statement that the Carter case
“will be settled on its merits” finds
plausible and ready explanation iu
Washington. It is accepted there as
meaning a mitigation of the sentence
pronounced by the courtmartial against
Captain-Carter as stated.
It will be recalled that the verdict
of tho courtmartial was that Carter “is
guilty as charged” of conspiriug with
Green aud Gaynor aud other contract¬
ors to defraud the government of an
amount which the evidence adduced
showed to be not less than one and
one-half million dollars. The sentence
was dismissal from the service of the
United States, a fine of $10,000, a term
of five years in the penitentiary and
that ho be advertisod iu his native
town by public prints as a thiof and a
scoundrel.
NEGROES FOR PHILIPPINES.
Colored Keglment to He Enlisted to Fight
the Filipinos.
As a result of the recent consulta¬
tion between the president and Secre¬
tary Root, orders were issued Friday
providing for the establishment of an
additional regiment of volunteers, to
be composed of colored recruits. The
colonel, field and regimental officers
will be white men.
The headquarters of tho regiment
will be McPherson barracks, Atlanta,
and . the , work , of recruiting ... will
begin at once. The regiment is to be
organized for du ty in the Ph ilippines.
C A LI F0RN IANS G RE ET F.l).
One Hundred Thousand Visitors Welcome
Keturninjc Soldiers.
The Calfornia regiment landed at San
Francisco Friday from the transport
Sherman and marched to the Preside.
As this -was San Francisco’s home
rogiment, the demonstration exceeded
in enthusiasm the reception accorded
other regiments. all of the
People came from parts
state to see the show aud there were
fully 100,000 strangers in the city
MORGAN, GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 31. 1899.
State Fair Notes.
The Groat Mexican Hand.
The famous and picturesque Mexican
National Band, President Diaz’s pots,
will be at the state fair. In response
to a request for a loau of the musi¬
cians from Secretary Martin—who is
a personal friend of Mexico’s ruler—
General Diaz declares it will afford
him greRt pleasure to send them to the
fair, and asks when it will be the man¬
agement’s pleasure to have them deliv¬
ered at Laredo, on the border.
The band is one of the most, if not
the most, celebrated in the world. Its
members are a picturesque lot, with
their peaked sombreros, ami lace and
velvet dress, and jingling spurs. And
every man of them is a master musi¬
cian—ns the stnto of Georgia learned
upon the occasions of their two pre¬
vious visits to Atlanta.
The Mexican Band has been to
Georgia twice before, once during the
last, of the Piedmont Expositions, and
again during the recent Cotton .States
and Inte,- -rational Exposition. And
both time,., they were by all odds the
most popular organization of its kind
with the crowds.
The band is almost a feature of
Mexico. Every tourist to the land of
the Aztecs makes it a point to attend
at least one of its concerts. To fail
in this particular is not to see Mexico.
It. is said that this band was largely
recruited from the same source ns
Mexico’s famous rural guards—tho
brigands. When Diaz came into of¬
fice in Mexico the country was over¬
run with freebooters that the Mexican
regular troops could do nothing with
Diaz hit upon the plan of enlisting
them in his army at. wages that would
about equal their illicit gains. And
tlie result is that Mexico is now said
to have the finest body of cavalry in
the world, aud no gentlemen of the
road at all. Many of the musicians
of the band are said to be ex-brigands,
which adds no little to their pictures-
qneness.
With the masses, the music made
by this band stands unrivaled. It
that, possesses the public a peculiarly thrilling quality
goes wild over.
The band is going to be one of the
greatest features of the fair, and Mex¬
ico’s lending it to the fair management
is both a compliment and a recognition
unprecedented in the history of state
fairs.
Horan Uncos At tlin Fair.
The races at the forthcoming State
fair will be, perhaps, tho greatest sin¬
gle feature of the show. The best
horses in the Country will be among
the entries, and the warmest interest
in the snort is being manifested, not
only throughout Georgia, but in ad¬
joining states.
It has been a long time since any
first-class sport of this kind has been
enjoyed in this section, nnd the time
is propitious for it. Which fact is
shown by many inquiries pouring
into Secretary Martin’s office, asking
for a'l rorts of information about ihe
meet.
Some seven thousand dollars in
purses have been appropriated by the
fair management—enough to attract
the best, runners and trotters. The
purses for trotting horses range from
$200 to $400, and for running horses
from $50 to $200. The racing days
are from October 24th to the 1st of
November, inclusive. There will be
four races a day—running one day and
trotting the next.
The programs for tho races are now
rendy, and may be bad on application
to secretary T. II. Martin.
Mr. J. W. Russwurm, of Nashville,
Tenn., Secretary of the New Tennes¬
see Breeders’ Association, lias been
chosen by the racing committee of the
fair ns clerk of tho course. Tho
judges and starters will be profes¬
sional turfmen. The meet will be
under the auspices of the American
Turf Association.
The poultry department of the forth¬
coming State Fair continues to grow.
The chicken display now promises to
be one of the leading features of the
show. The fair management has con-
iracted with the celebrated Spratts
Patent people to receive, and coop,
and feed, nnd care for all birds sent
for exhibition, which is a guarantee of
their good treatment, Mr. Alfred
Bertling, of Atlanta, one of the best
known dog and chicken fanciers in
tho state, has been engaged to take up
and push the details of this depart¬
ment, and is now vigorously at work.
Secretary Martin announces that the
building of the fair, in which will bo
exhibited machinery and manufactures,
has about, all the entries it can accom-
date. And tho same is true of all the
other buildings. Which means that
the fair is going to be the biggest kind
of a success.
Tlie agricultural display at the state
fair will be the biggest show of that
kind ever gathered together in the
south. The thousand dollar first prize,
and five hundred second, and the
three hundred dollar third, and the
one hundred dollar consolation prizes
have proven big inducements.
Ono of the most interesting as well
ns novel attractions that will bo seen
at the fair will be two diving horses,
who. plnnge headlong into a pool of
water a distance of nearly 100 feet.
These two animals are truly wonder¬
ful performers, and everywhere they
have been exhibited have attracted
large crowds. During the past year
they hnve proven star attractions at
various expositions throughout the
country, and Secretary Martin is con¬
gratulating himself on securing them.
Work on the large new grandstand
at Piedmont park has commenced and
will be pushed rapidly until completed,
DARK FOR DREYFUS
Proceedings at Rennes Are Be¬
coming More Interesting,
JOUAUST HiiPSGENERAL MERC1ER0UT
Tabari's Galling Questions In Cross Ex-
amlnntlon Causes Mercier to
Pqulrni and Wince.
Thursday’s session of the Dreyfus
court martial at Rennes, France, was
marked by one of the most exciting
scenes of the trial. The proceedings
opened with a skirmish entirely favor¬
able to the defense over Colonel
Manvel, president of the court martial
of 1894, who admitted reading one of
tho secret documents to tho
wlvich bad not been seen by the de-
fense. He protested that only one
document was looked at, alleging that
this sufficed to enable him to form a
conviction that couid not bo shaken.
The protest made matters worse, be¬
cause, as M. I-abori pointed out, if be
pursued one it was his bounden duty
to pursue all. Colonel Jouaust up¬
held Colonel Maurol in bis refusal to
indicate the nature of tho document
lie read, but M. Labori announced
that he would summon Captain Frey-
statter, another member of the tribu¬
nal of 1894, snd get his version of
what then passed behind the backs of
of tho counsel for the defense. Colo¬
nel Manrel felt his position keenly,
and continually hesitated before re¬
plying to M. Labori’s questions.
All this, however, was only pre¬
liminary to a fierce battle that ensued
between Labori aud General Mercier,
the latter receiving ro-enforcoments
from General Roget. General Gonz
and General De Boisdeffre, as well ns
invaluable assistance from Colonel
Jouaust himself.
M. Labori took General Mercier
over tlie whole ground of his previous
deposition. This led to several sharp
passages at arms between the advo¬
cate and Colonel Jouaust, who upheld
Mercier in refusing to reply to several
questions which in the general opinion
of those in the courtroom were dis¬
tinctly pertinent.
Whenever General Mercier was cor¬
nered he declined to answer and Colo¬
M. nel Labori Jouaust invariably supported him.
protested most energetical¬
ly. His words aud manner breathed
the deepest indignation, but the pres¬
ident of the court-martial was inflexi¬
ble. The intervention of Generals
Gonz, Roget, de Roisdeffre and Major
Lauth,who in rapid succession mount¬
ed the stage rose in their seats and in -
terposed and remarks, was very exciting,
carried the spectators along on a
wave of breathless interest.
One after another these officers, who
were dressed in full uniform, would
jump up and cry, “I demand to bo
heard,” and, without further waiting,
ascend the steps of the platform and
begin a statement in support of a
brother officer. Sometimes four offi¬
cers were ou the stage at the same
moment. It was a marvelous display
cf military clannishness. At. one time
a perfect bable of voices reigned for
several minutes until Jouaust inter¬
vened aud restored order.
M. Labori’s cross examination was
successful so far as it went, but Col,
Jouaust prevented him pressing his
advantage to the utmost. In fact,
Jouaust’s hostile attitude toward the
counsel for the defence then arid dur¬
ing the cross-examination of the wit¬
ness, M. De Grandmaison, evoked the
severest criticism on the part of tho
public present and bodes ill for Drey¬
fus.
CENTRAL TO PAY DIVIDEND.
Two Per Cent On f#4, 000,000 Income
Honda Will He Paid Out.
The directors of the Central of
Georgia Railway compauy held a
meeting at Savannah Thursday in the
office of President II. M. Comer for
tho purpose of discussing the report
of the operations of the system for the
fiscal year which closed June 30th.
The report is not ready to he given to
the public, but, the directors were able
to announce, with tho information
which they had-at hand, that a 2 per
cent dividend would bo paid on the
first preferred income bonds, of which
there are $4,000,000 outstanding. This
means that $80,000 will be paid out.
WORKING ON NEW MILL.
First Hrlck On Cotton Factory at. Griffin*
Ga., I* Laid.
The first brick was laid on the Spald¬
ing Cotton mills at Griffin,Ga., Thurs¬
day, and was witnessed by a large
number of citizens. A large force of
hands were then put to work and the
building will be ready for the machin¬
ery early in December.
The paid up capital of the mills has
been increased from $100,000 to $125,-
000, which was done to accommodate
a few personal friends, and it could
have been increased to $150,000.
Cubans and Gendarmes Fight.
A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba,
states that five men are dead and ten
wounded was the rasult of a light Tues¬
day night between gendarmes and dis¬
appointed Cuban soldiers at Cuevitas,
three miles from Santiago, where the
payment of Cuban troops is progress¬
ing.
.More Mormons For Georgia,
The Mormon headquarters in Chat¬
tanooga, Term., has sent out ten new
Mormon elders to labor in Georgia,
They were scut to different Paris of
the state,
DEWEY AT NICE
WELL RECEIVED
Frenchmen Accord Admiral the
Greatest Honors.
IMPRESSION MADE WAS MARKED
Hero of Manila Denies Report
That He Was Slighted
at Trieste.
A cable dispatch from Nice, Franco,
says: Thursday morning, Admiral
j Dewey, accompanied by Flag Lieuten-
ant T. M. Brumby and the United
; States vice counsel at Nice, returned
i the visit made by M. Granet, prefect
of Alpes-Mavitimes.
The visitors were shown through
the rooms of tho prefecture, t he former
palace of tho kings of Piedmont.
The party then called on General
O’Farrell, the acting military govern¬
or, whom Admiral Dewey thanked for
the permission he had received to land
and drill his men at Villefranche dur¬
ing the remainder of tho cruiser
Olympia’s stay at that place/
Tho Americans also called on Naval
Commissioner Duval, whom Admiral
Dowcy thanked for the port facilities
which had been granted to his vessel.
The admiral asked M. Duval to trans¬
mit his thanks to the maritime prefect
at Toulon for sending cruisers to sa¬
lute the Olympia on her arrival.
Tho inhabitants of Nice gav*r Ad¬
miral Dewey an ovation as lie passed
through tho streets. He returned to
Villofrnncho at noon.
Admiral Dewey expresses regret in
regard to the incorrect reports con¬
cerning his reception at Trieste. Ho
says it was courteous and hearty, tho
minister of marine coming especially
from Vienna to greet, him.
“Not only myself,” added tho Amer¬
ican admiral, “but every one on board
the Olympia received every possible
attention.”
Admiral Dewey created a marked
Impression while in Nice, all those
who saw him being struck with his
extreme amiability and modesty.
GEORGIA’S QUOTA OF OFFICERS
Appointed I5y the War Department For
New Keglinents.
Georgia’s full quota of officers for
the new regiments for service in the
Philippine campaign has been ap¬
pointed by the war department.
A number of appointments wore
made Thursday, and these, together
with the two of Cnptnin J. W- Ken¬
drick and Second Lieutenant W. O.
Thornton, compleio tho list for the
stnto.
Tho following were the appoint¬
ments made Thursday:
For captain, J. S. Powell, late cap¬
tain company 0, Third Georgia.
For first lieutenants, John H. Bos¬
ton, of Marietta, first lieutenant of
company D, Second Georgia; Harry
C. McCool, late first lieutenant of
Third United Slates volunteer infant¬
ry, and II. J. Stewart, of Romo, late
captain of company D, Third Georgia.
For second lieutenants, Troup W.
Whitehead, late first lieutenant com¬
pany K, Third Georgia; Paul W. Har¬
rison, late second lieutenant company
II, Third Georgia.
STORM RECORD APPALLING.
latest Reports Say That a Hundred Hives
Were I-ost Along Const.
A Norfolk, Va., dispatch says: Ac¬
counts in many respects conflicting
continue to come in from the Albemarle
and Pamlico sound region and the
coast from Ilatteras to llodys island,
in which section tho greater number
of casualties occurred as a result of
the. great storm of August 15th to 18th
inclusive.
It is now thought that the total
drowned will run close to 100 if it. does
not overreach it, while,at least on the
islands in the vicinity of Portsmouth
fully sixty to seveuty houses, four or
five churches and numerous stores,
barns and warehouses wore either
washed away or damaged beyond re¬
pair, and as a result numbers are
homeless aud destitute.
KENDRICK GETS COMMISSION.
Newly Appointed Otllier Will Knslgn Job
of Police Coimnlsuloner.
Major William J. Kendrick, of At¬
lanta, Ga., has received his commis¬
sion as a captain in tho Fortieth vol¬
unteer regiment, and will send in his
resignation as a member of the city
police board at the next meeting of
tlie council.
Major Kendrick received tho com-
mission Tuesday and is now awaiting
further orders as to his duties. Tho
regiment to which lie lias been assign¬
ed is to rendezvous at Fort Riley,Kas.,
and Major Kendrick expects to get
orders within tho next few days telling
his specifio duties.
TO MEET DEWEY.
A Florida Military Company Arranging to
Visit Now York.
The Cbipley Light infantry, one of
the Pensacola, Fla., military compa¬
nies, is making strenuous efforts to go
to New York and lake part in the re¬
ception of Admiral Dewey. It is ex-
pected about sixty men will go and
they will bo the first Florida military
company to go to tho metropolis in a
body,
LONGING NOMINATED
By Mississippi Domocrats For
Governor of tho State,
NOMINATION WAS BY ACCLAMATION.
riatfovm RihTophom lion. IV. J. I'ryan and
Stands By tho Chicago I'latform of
1890-Full Ticket Named.
A special from Jackson, Miss., says:
Judge Longino was nominated for
governor by tho Mississippi democrats
at their state convention Wednesday
afternoon.
Judge Wynn, of Greenville, deliv¬
ered the address placing Judge Lon-
gino in nomination and the convention
declared him their choioe by acclama¬
tion, amid wild enthusiasm, while a
heavy thunder storm played havoc
outside.
The four candidates who had with¬
drawn followed Judge Longino’s ad¬
dress of acceptance with timely
speeches, pledging their support to
the nominee and gracefully bowing to
tho will of tho majority.
Judge Longino is a comparatively
young man, and prior to entering tho
gubernatorial contest was tho chancel¬
lor of tho seventh chancery district.
Ho is a native Mississippian and his
career in politics has been a remarka¬
bly successful one. Ho is essentially
a self-made man and 1ms brought him¬
self out of obscurity by tlie force of bis
own exertions.
The platform presented was as fol¬
lows:
“Tho democracy of Mississippi, in
convention assembled, acknowledging
the bonefioience of democratic rule in
the state and nation, enunciate tho fol¬
lowing principles and earnestly in¬
dorse and reaffirm the declaration of
principles promulgated by the party
in convention assembled at Chicago in
3896, and recognize in the Hon. W. J.
Bryan, of Nebraska, the ablest expo¬
nent of these principles, the statesman
and patriot, tho great tribune of the
people.
“We enter our solemn protest
against tho encroachment upon gov¬
ernment affairs by exaggerated capital
in the form of trusts and combines as
being inimicable to the best interests
of the masses of the people and the
cause of free and untrammcled gov¬
ernment, and express ourselves as un¬
alterably determined to aid by all pos¬
sible and propor means tlie control or
destruction, if necessary, of these
enemies of good government.
history “Reviewing tlie last democratic
of Mississippi, we endorse with
pride tho administration of her public
affairs, and especially would express
our unconditional approval of the
clean administration of our present
governor and affirm our unshaken faith
in the democratic principles ho has so
worthily illustrated in his public life.
“Wo hereby express our confidence
in the virtue and unimpeachable in¬
tegrity of the people in the selection
of all public servants and to that end
indorse the system of primary elec¬
tions, under proper restrictions, for
all democratic nominations, that every
man may have a voice in the govern¬
ment under which he lives.
“Wo tender our genuine and hearty
thanks to the citizens of Jackson, and
especially to the Business league, for
courtesies extended the convention.”
lion. Leroy Percy, of Greenville,
one of tho bitterest personal enemies
of Governor McLaurin, secured tho
floor ami offored a lengthy amendment
to the plank indorsing the state ad¬
ministration. Tho amendment, among
other things, called attention to tho
charges of drunkenness that have
been brought ngninst tho governor in
ihe past, denounced his veto of the
bill for a now house and tho industrial
institute and collego appropriation
bill; designated the governor os a
coward for deserting tlie state c.apitol
during tho yellow fever epidemic, and
many other things. The amendment
was tabled.
Nominations for the minor state offi¬
cers ou which there were no contests
was tho next order and resulted as fol¬
lows:
Secretary of state, J. L. Powers, of
Hinds; superintendent of education,
H. L. Whitfield, of Rankin; railroad
commissioner, southern district, A. Q,
May, of Simpson; clerk of the supreme
court, E. W. Brown, of Copiah.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES
As Appointed Ily Chairman Stone Will
Ito Announced Shortly.
A special to Tho Memphis Commer¬
cial-Appeal from St. Louis says the
announcement of appointments on the
executive, ways and means and print¬
ing committees of the nntional demo¬
cratic committee will be made in a
few days by ex-Governor Stone, who
is acting chairman of that body.
Governor Stono is at present send¬
ing letters to members of tho national
committee notifying them of their ap¬
pointments. As soon as he receives
acceptances he will mako public the
oomplete list of appointments.
MANGLED BY TRAIN.
Young Woman ami Two Children Vic¬
tims of Tragic Death.
Three persons woro killed and three
injured at Heabright, N. Wednes¬
day night while out driving, by being
run down by a train of tho New Jer¬
sey Southern railroad. The dead are;
Miss Louise Terry, 22 years of age;
Charles Trippe, 7 years, aud Oreata
Terry, 18 yours.
Mrs. Charles Trippe, her bat/ and
Louisa Farr were injured.
*1 PER YEAR.
CHINESE MACE
IS EXCLUDED
From the Philippine Islands By
Order of General Otis.
APPLIES LAW OF THIS COUNTRY
No Authority Was Given-*The
Administration Officials
Surprised.
Tlie state department at Washington
has been informed through a diplo¬
matic chauucl that General Otis has
applied tho Chinese exclusion laws to
the Philippines.
The information was a surprise to
the authorities at the national capital,
as the matter liad been under consid¬
eration for some time, aud it was not
known that General Otis had put tho
exclusion laws into force.
The first intimation in that direction
came in a dispatch received a few days
ago from tho Chinese consul at Manila,
tolling the Chinese legation at Wash¬
ington that tlio exclusion laws against
Chinese had been applied to the Phil¬
ippines.
The dispatch was brought to the at¬
tention of tho state department and
inquiry mado as to how the action was
brought about, ns tho Chinese govern¬
ment lias been solicitous since Ameri¬
can military control was established
in tho Philippines that tho United
States exclusion law should not be ex¬
tended over tho islands.
The state department knew nothing
of such an extension and mado in¬
quiry of tho war department, The
military authorities, however, were
equally without information ns to Gen¬
eral Otis’ course in this particular.
Accordingly the Chinese officials were
advised that any action taken by Gen¬
eral Otis in applying the exclusion laws
to tlie Philippines was not the result
of instructions sent from here, but
was doubtless duo to au exercise of his
authority as governor general of the
Philippines.
What further Step the Chinese au¬
thorities will take has not been de¬
termined, as Minister Wu Ting Fang
is out of tho city for a few days.
There is little doubt, however, that ho
will seek to have Goneral Otis’s order
held in abeyance until the authorities
hero pass upon tho general question
which has been under consideration
between tlio two governments.
In this connection tlio state depart¬
ment has received an important letter
from Mr. Williams, our former consul
at Manila, who still remains there in
a confidential capacity. He says the
native Filipinos are strongly opposed
to Chineso labor and in his opinion
the exclusion of tho Chineso from the
islands would materially aid in bring¬
ing tlio war to a close. He places the
Chinese population at 52,000, which is
considerably more than other esti¬
mates from official sources.
The letter is dated July 26th and
brings tho situation up to a recent-
date. It has been turned over to tho
war department to be used in the gen¬
eral consideration of tlio exclusion
question. Tho Chineso government
has shown moro anxiety as to the
course of this government toward,
tho Chineso in tho Philippines than 1
toward those in Cuba or other parts of
the world, mainly becauso tho Philip¬
pines bers are so near China and largo num¬
of Chinese are already establish¬
ed there. They carry on tho bulk of
the retail trade, have an extensivo
quarter in Manila and send out travel¬
ing salosmen, carrying packs to the re-
mote interior of the islands.
Home of tlio official reports', includ¬
ing those of admiral Dewoy, have paid
a tribute to the work performed by the
Chineso, nnd Naval Constructor Hob¬
son has recently reported to the navy
doportment on tho value of Chinese
labor in naval and commercial pur¬
suits iu tho east. This has led the
Chinese officials in Washington to be¬
lieve that tho exclusion laws would
not lie applied to the Philippine and
they are still hopeful that General
Otis’s action will be a temporary move,
incident to military occupation and
not part of tlie permanent policy of
this government towards tho islands.
PENSION PAYMENTS COMPLETED.
General Wllrler Di*l>ursc«l $2,000,000 I n
the South For the Quarter.
The United Btates pension office at
Knoxville, Tenn., lias just completed
the payment of pensions for the last
quarter. General John T. Wilder,
ponsion agent for the southern states,
lias disbursed $2,000,000 for the
quarter. Annual payments in the
southern states amount to about eight
million dollars. General Wilder dis¬
tributes pensions to the following
states: Tennessee, Oklahoma Terri¬
tory, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, S#mth Carolina,
North Carolina, Florida and Indian
Territory.
WORK BEGINS ON NEW HOAD.
First Itnli I.nlil on tho Tennessee Central.
1,800 Men Empluycd,
A Chattanooga, laid Tenn..dispatch says:
The first rail was on the Tennes¬
see Central betweon Crossville and
Itockwood Monday. All the rails for
tho first, forty miles of the track have
boon delivered.
About 1, SCO men are at work now
on the road aud a large force has be¬
gun driviugtho tunnel near Rockwood.